Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to run your own empire? That’s the task you are given in Civilization (1991), a computer game where you are in charge of founding a kingdom, and then guiding-governing-commanding it. …

Mad Men (2007-present) is a TV drama about a creative director at a small up-and-coming ad agency, set in a 1960s New York. Before I watched it, I heard TV nerds gushing over the historical accuracy of Mad Men‘s …

The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) is probably one of the only adventure games I’ve finished — because it’s actually really witty from beginning to end. For example, the screenshot above is a sword fight scene that is won by …

Before I bought the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), my friend told me, “You should buy it. It’s good, just don’t read into all the hype surrounding it.” Though I was not hooked into literary circles enough to …